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Famous for:
A very beautiful hill station with breathtaking panoramic view of the Himalayan ranges and has excursions to many glaciers.

Video: Beautiful panoramic view of the Himalayan ranges

Background:
Located at an altitude of 1890 m in the Kumaon hills, Kausani is a small but very beautiful hill station with amazing view of the Himalaya mountain ranges spread out for over 300 km around it.
Infact, many tourists like the views and natural beauty of Kausani better than Ranikhet!
It is the birth place of the famous Hindi poet Sumitra Nandan Pant and even Mahatma Gandhi had spent 12 days in Kausani in 1929.
It is an ideal place to relax, see the mighty snow covered Himalayan ranges and go for excursions to many surrounding glaciers.

Video: The Himalayan ranges seen from hotel room

What to see:
Though there is not much to see in Kausani, it is highly recommended as a tourist destination for its breathtaking beauty and view of over 300 km of the mighty Himalayan ranges that surrounds it!
It has landscapes of ever green forest with fields all around.

Kausani is also known for excursions to the surrounding glaciers including the world famous Pindari Glacier (3350 m, located between the Nanda Devi and the Nandi Kot mountains).

Anashakti Ashram
Location: In Kausani
The house where Mahatma Gandhi stayed when he visited Kausani in 1929 is now converted into Ashram.

Baijnath Temple
Location: 19 km from Kausani on the banks of the Gomti river.
It is an ancient temple dating back to the 12th century and has the largest statue of Goddess Parvati in the North India.

Video: Beautiful Himalayan ranges around Kausani

Reaching there:
Air: Pantnagar (182 km) is the nearest airport to Kausani

Rail: Kathgodam (136 km) is the nearest railway station for Kausani.

Road: Kausani is easily accessable by road from Ranikhet (72 km), Almora (53 km), Nainital (120 km) or Kathgodam (136 km).

Video: Pindari Glacier Trek

Video: Pindari Glacier - zero point

Famous for:
Hill station with great view of snow covered Himalayas, known for its cuiture, cuisine, wildlife woollen cloths and copper works.

Video: Road trip to Almora

Background:
Almora is a very beautiful hill station in the Kumaon Himalayas and one of the few places that was not founded and established by the British. It is the district capital with all the aminities for tourists.
It was the ancient capital of the Chand dynasty that ruled the region about 400 year ago.
It is very famous amongst the Indian as well as tourists from abroad for its great view of the snow covered Himalayas, temples, cottages in lovely surroundings and thickly wooded forests with streams, rivers & lakes.
It is also known for the trekking routes around the region.

Video: Beautiful drive from Almora to Nainital

What to see:
Apart from having beautiful scenery and views of the surrounding Himalayas, Almora is also known for its temples. Some of the temple in and around Almora are;

Doonagiri Temple
It is known for the temple of Goddess Durga, which has great view of the surrounding valleys.

Jageshwar
Location: 34 km from Almora
It has one of the 12 Jyotirlingas of India in its temple complex consisting of 124 temples with many statues. It is also known for the fair that is held every year in the month of Shravan (July/August). The famous Mritola Ashram is about 10 km from here.

Reaching there:
Air: Pantnagar Airport (130 km) is the nearest airport to Almora.

Rail: Kathgodam Railway station (92 km) is the nearest railway station to Almora.

Road: Almora can be reached from Ranikhet and is well connected with different cities, towns and tourist destinations in Uttaranchal like Nainital, Kausani, etc.